jQuery solution to changing the styling of the first word

change-first-word.js

 /*
	*
	*	Make first word in date underlined
	*
	------------------------------------*/
	 $('.js-first-word').each(function(index, element) {
        var heading = $(element);
        var word_array, last_word, first_part;

        word_array = heading.html().split(/\s+/); // split on spaces
        last_word = word_array.shift();             // shift the first word
        first_part = word_array.join(' ');        // rejoin the first words together

        heading.html(['<span class="e-date">', last_word, '</span> ' , first_part].join(''));
    });